Headlight.



H. BAST-OW.

HEADLIGHT. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. |916v Patented Allg. 7, 1917 WITNESSES /iwM/M/f INVENTOR Mfg/bww i er v "Anonufrs iiiviTED sTATEs HARRY BASTOW, 0F GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT o'EEicE.

HEADLIGHT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

rammed Aug. 7, 1917.

Application led November 24, 1916. Serial No. 133,165.

To all lwhom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY BAs'row, a citizen of the United States; and a resident of Crato-min the county of Allegheny and Y State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new sirable glare liable to blind oncoming pedestrians'or the drivers of approaching vehicles.

4In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a lamp front comprising a lightdiii'using disk Vprovided with a spot light. A practical embodiment of the invention is re resented in the accompanying drawings orrning a part of this specification, in which Similar ciiaracters'of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation ofthe headlight on the line `1--1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; 4

Fig. 3 is a reduced sectional side elevation of a modi-fied forni of the lamp front;

and

Fig. 4 is a similar View of another modified forni of the lamp front.

The casing 10 of the headlight is of usual coiistruction and is provided with a lamp 11 of `any approved construction. The inner face of the casing 10 is inade reflecting and vthe front of the lamp isili the forniof a light-diffusing disk 12 held in place at its peripheral edge by suitable'attacli'ing means 13 forming part of the easing'lO. rlhe lightditlusi'ng disk 12 is preferably made of pressed clear glass etched on its surface. to produce a light-dill'using ell'eet for the ray of light emanating l'roin the lamp 11. A translucent glass disk. however, may be used. "lhe disk l2 is provided with a centrally disposed and forwardly projecting luib 14 providiatfwith a spot light in the form of one. or more openings 15 extending horizontally so that a portion of the rays of light emanating from the source of light 11 can pass directly out onto the roadway. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the spot light 1.5 is formed by a s ries of conical apertures having their smal ends at the front end 'of the hub 14 and having their large ends atthe inner face of the disk 12.

greater length in comparison with their diameters to limit very greatly the spread of the light rays passing through the apertures. lt is evident that the road ahead of the vehicle is strongly illuminated at a given point and nt the saine time no direct rays of light are visible to an oncoming pedestrian or to the driver o an approaching vehicle. The spreading of the direct rays of light passing through the apertures 15 is preventedlor obscured by etching the. walls of the apertures.

4 It will be noticed' that the spot light apertures 15 are of` In order to prevent the apertures 15 from being clogged up', use is preferably made of a lensor glass cover Q() mounted in a cap 21 sci'e\\'ed or otherwise attached to the forward end of the hub 14. A similar result may be obtained by making the outer end 22 of the hub otl glass. as ini'licated in Fig.

lt' desired. a single spot light aperture 23 may be formed in the hub 24 of the disk 25, as shown in Fig. 1. and` in this case the aperture 255 is filled with a nest of pipes 26 of corrugated sheet niet-al or other materia-l to produce the effect of keeping the rays of direct light parallel and non-spreading.

It is understood that by using the disk 12 sonic of the iays of light emanating from the source of light 11 are diffused to proride/a soft non-glaring illumination of the roadway immediately ahead ot' -the vehicle and by using the spot light it is possible to more intensely illuminate the roadway a considerable distance ahead of the'vehicle for the proper guidance of the vehicle and 4 without producing anA undesirable glare for oncoming Ypedestrians o'r the drivers of apframes of the headlights now used on automobiles and -like vehicles.

Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A lamp front, comprising a translucent disk having a centrally disposed hub shaped portion, provided with a plurality of openings' for the passage of the ray of light.

2. A lamp front, comprising a. light-diffusing disk,having a centrally disposed hub shaped portion containing a plurality of parallel openings extending at a right angle to the plane of the disk for the passage of direct rays of light.

3. A lamp front, comprising a translucent disk ha ving a centrally disposed hub shaped portion provided with a plurality of tapermg openings for the passage of the rays of light. Y

4. A lamp front, comprising a translucent disk, having a centrally disposed huh shaped portion containing a plurality of parallel openings extending at a right angle to the plane of the disk for the passage of direct rays of light, said openings being closed at their forward ends to exclude the entrance of foreignmatter therein. v

5. A lamp front,vcomprising a light-diffusing disk, having a centrally disposed hub shaped portion containing a plurality of parallel openings extending at a right angle to the plane of the disk for the passage of direct rays'of light, said openings tapering throughout their length, with the smaller ends facing forward. n

G. A lamp front, comprising a light-diffusing glass disk provided with a centrally disposed integral hub extending lforwardly from the face of the disk, the said hub having a vseries of horizontally disposed spot light apertures.

7. A lamp front, comprising a light-diffusing glass disk provided with a centrally disposed integral hub extending forwardly from the face of the disk, the said hub having a series of horizontally disposed spot light apertures, and a glass cover on the frontend of the said hul.

disposed integral hub extending forwardly from the face of the disk, the said hub having a 'series of horizontally disposed conical spot light apertures, the small ends of which are at the front end ofV the hul) and the large ends of the apertures are onthe inner face of the disk.

HARRY BASTOVV. 

